the rest, only noise

Chapter 1419 Can't solve the problem, but it can solve the person who created the problem

In the first two weeks of the new season, the most obvious change for the Lakers compared to the previous season is that young players' desire for data has increased significantly.

Like Dejan Bodiloga, who was kneeled and licked by the media for the entire season last season, but in the end he didn't get any honors. Instead, Duncan made a fortune in silence, with a team, a defense, DPOY, and FMVP.

Bodi Loga later reviewed the media's criteria for selecting awards and found that his biggest problem was that the data was not good enough.

While the media loves him, the award won't go to him if the numbers aren't convincing.

Therefore, Bodi Loga has an obvious tendency to fish for data in the game.

For example, on the defensive end, when his opponent shoots, he will go directly back to the basket to fight for rebounds.

On the offensive end, Bodi Loga will also use his status as a commander to send the finishing ball as much as possible.

Then, be selfish appropriately and increase your scoring average.

Due to Bodi Loga's comprehensive skills and extremely high golf quotient, even though he did these things that are considered disdainful by the fans, everyone still likes him very much.

Because he did it very covertly.

But the effect is remarkable. In terms of statistics, Bodi Loga is one of the three Lakers players who averaged 20 points per game.

At present, Bodilaga's average of 20.4 points, 8.5 rebounds and 7 assists per game ranks at the top of the team's basic data list.

The other two players who averaged more than 20 points per game are Wilson and Duncan.

Wilson is currently averaging roughly the same points per game as he did last season.

Only 23.5 points, which is the minimum he can accept.

Duncan averaged 20.8 points per game with a limited number of shots.

In addition, Kobe and Garnett averaged 18.8 and 18.4 points per game, respectively.

The Lakers' five starters alone have averaged nearly 100 points per game.

However, there are still people who are dissatisfied.

Garnett felt that he wasn't scoring enough, at least he had to average 20 points per game like Duncan.

Kobe has never complained about his scoring, but this year is his contract year, and he wants to get good statistics more than anyone else.

In addition to Kobe, Nash and Big Ben on the bench also ushered in their own contract years. They all have the need to express themselves and brush up data.

Big Ben is more urgent in this regard.

Because in the Lakers, there are too many substitutes for an insider like him who can be said to be useless except for defense.

At this time, Big Ben has not really realized his value, he just wants to sign a contract extension with the Lakers below the middle class.

Nash is not the case. He has proved himself to be a very good commander in the Cavaliers. Without Bodi Loga, he should become the Lakers' starting No. [-].

Now, he needs to seize the limited playing time and play a commendable performance.

As long as he does it, even if he doesn't renew his contract with the Lakers at the end of the season, many teams will offer him a considerable contract.

Despite all the demand, the Lakers ended the November schedule without a hitch.

Currently, the Lakers' record is unbeaten.

It seems that they still have a chance to play a great performance similar to last season.

With such a good team, Louie couldn't be happier.

He thought that the more mature the young players on the team, the closer they were to the best form of beautiful basketball.

The result is exactly the opposite.

It is precisely because of the growth of young players that they do not have enough patience to run tactics in the system.

Everyone wants to play their own comfortable tactics, everyone wants to be the focus and core.

More selfishness, less selflessness and sacrifice.

That was the quality they saw everywhere last season, but now, Bodi Loga, Garnett, Kobe... They can always argue about the uneven distribution of possessions on a possession.

This is why the Lakers suffered their first loss of the season.

In early December, "Sports Illustrated" milked the Lakers.

Illustrated rants, speculating on where the Lakers' winning streak will stop based on their upcoming schedule.

The conclusion is that they can win as long as they don't want to.

This poisonous milk worked immediately.

In the first game in December, the Lakers challenged the Heat away.

Heat sophomore star Wang Zhizhi opened the game with two [-]-pointers that proved Miami's determination to defend the home court.

Then, Petrovic, Drexler, Reggie Lewis, Juwan Howard The Heat have a bunch of unknown but powerful players.

They basically played the best performance in this game.

The Lakers lost themselves in the constant complaints, everyone wanted to be the protagonist, and the result was that no one was satisfied with their possession of the ball.

Kobe finally became the familiar Kobe.

He took 20 shots and only hit 8 goals. This move was severely criticized by Bodi Loga after the game.

"Someone disrupted our steps." Bodi Loga said coldly to the media, "but I will not name that person."

Garnett said: "I only took 9 shots in the game. Obviously I deserve more possessions."

Louie responded to the reporter's interview with a gloomy face and held a team meeting after the game.

At the meeting, Louis made two points clear.

The team's top card is Benj, who has unlimited firepower.

The core of the inside line is Duncan. If Garnett refuses to accept it, he will prove that he is better than Duncan in the team match.

And Garnett has not considered challenging Duncan since the end of last season.

Later, Garnett said that he just wanted to increase a few shots. As the team's second insider, his average number of shots per game is less than 10, which is obviously too little.

Garnett's complaints succeeded in turning Louie's focus on Bodi Loga.

"In the next game, if I hear that a starter is dissatisfied with the number of shots he has taken, you will get off the bench! I don't want to hear you complaining. You are the commander, and you are responsible for letting others find their way on the offensive end. In principle, even if you don't take a single shot, you have to let everyone else have a chance to take a shot. If you can't do it, get out, and I'll let Steve do it!"

It turns out that the coach doesn't need to solve the problem, you just need to intimidate the creator of the problem, threatening to solve it if he doesn't solve it, and there will be no more problems.

Bodi Loga reduced his average shots per game from 16 to 12, Garnett took three more shots per game than before, and Kobe didn't mess around anymore.

When the team is chaotic, he can take advantage of the chaos and take advantage of it. Now, the coaching staff needs to be stable and the ranks in the team are clear. If he messes around again, Liu Yuqing can replace him at any time.

On the surface, the Lakers have regained their composure.

They beat the Spurs by 30 points at home, and beat the Mavericks away by 45 points, starting a wave of winning streak, until Christmas Eve, when they played away against the New York Knicks, Louis used beautiful basketball to make the opponent desperate.

When the Lakers play at a normal pace, they look unassailable.

Especially when almost all the members of the Cavaliers can use the eye of the storm tactics on their whale landing points, even the Knicks, whose life is based on defense, collapsed.

127 is better than 111
Although the Knicks went all out at home, they still lost the Lakers by 16 points.

The loss was a huge blow to the Knicks because all of them played so well.

Ewing scored 27 points and 11 rebounds on Duncan's head, Miller scored 8 three-pointers in a single game, Hill and McGrady both scored and rebounded double-doubles as small forwards.

The Knicks did their best in all aspects, but were still beaten by the Lakers by 16 points.

"The championship is directly awarded to you, how do you fight?"

Tomjanovich was unable to complain, so he complained directly to Louis.

"You have to have confidence in yourself. Your current personnel structure looks very good. Unlike us, Benj is too modest and can't hold back the young people in the team. I guess we will implode one day."

Louis That's the truth, but not the whole truth.

If we really want to be fair, the risk he said does exist, but Benj is not the humble veteran who can't suppress the young people in Louis's mouth, and Louis will not watch the young people rebel.

The Lakers have many problems, but they are still within a controllable range.

Tomjanovich is skeptical. The Lakers' problems are indeed not a secret. Everyone has seen the young people's self-confidence inflated.

But Tomjanovich didn't believe Louis would sit back and watch that happen.

"Okay, just watch those young people, we'll come again next month!" Tomjanovich calmed down, and let go of his rhetoric ahead of time, "We will win then!"

After beating the Knicks, December's remaining opponents are no threat.

The Lakers ushered in 29 with a record of 1 wins and 1999 loss.

(End of this chapter)